ThorneVet’s Feline Basic Nutrients is a foundational multi-vitamin/mineral supplement – in powder form for easy dosing – that supports all phases of a cat’s life. The broad range of nutrients in Feline Basic Nutrients provides 21 essential vitamins and minerals that help maintain the foundational health of cats at every age, plus 8 additional synergistic nutrients – amino acids, probiotics, fatty acids, a potent botanical antioxidant, and a carbocyclic sugar – that enhance a cat’s multiple bodily structures, functions, and processes.

Key Nutritional Support Features:

•     Optimizes every-day feline health and vitality to enhance quality of life
•     Nutritional support for liver, heart, eye, GI, cardiovascular, skin, and immune health
•     Vitamins and minerals in their most tissue-ready, bioavailable forms
•     Nutrients that can readily meet a cat’s increased need for nutritional support

Includes:

•     13 vitamins
•     8 minerals
•     2 amino acids (including taurine)
•     2 probiotics (for a healthy intestinal environment)
•     2 omega-3 fatty acids (from fish oil)
•     plus Astaxanthin and Inositol

Why Feline Basic Nutrients?

The nutrients in ThorneVet’s Feline Basic Nutrients are specifically curated to provide a cat with the best absorbed, most tissue-ready, bioavailable forms available. And this feline health supplement is provided in a highly palatable, beef liver-flavored powder for ease of dosing and sprinkling on food.
The fat-soluble vitamins – A, D, and E

Vitamin A is provided as preformed vitamin A because cats have a difficult time converting beta-carotene to vitamin A.

Vitamin D in its vitamin D3 form is more potent and effective at increasing a cat’s blood level of vitamin D than the vitamin D2 form.

Vitamin E as d-alpha tocopheryl is the most bioavailable vitamin E isomer.
The water-soluble vitamins – the B vitamin complex and vitamin C

Feline Basic Nutrients contains the entire B vitamin complex – plus 50 mg of vitamin C.

Vitamins B2 and B6 are provided in their active, tissue-ready phosphorylated forms – vitamin B2 as riboflavin 5’-phosphate (R5P) and vitamin B6 as pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (P5P).

Vitamins B12 and folate are provided in their active, tissue-ready methylated forms – methyl-folate (5MTHF) and methylcobalamin (B12).
The minerals

Macrominerals (calcium and magnesium) are provided as well-absorbed and highly concentrated malate chelates.

Trace minerals (zinc, iron, and chromium) are supplied as highly bioavailable glycinate chelates, while selenium is provided as selenomethionine – an organic form of selenium in the same form found in food.

But Feline Basic Nutrients doesn’t stop with this comprehensive assortment of vitamins and minerals. Several unique nutrients offer additional feline health and wellness benefits.

Inositol along with the B vitamins helps balance neurotransmitters to manage stress in a cat. And along with chromium and other nutrients, inositol helps support healthy blood sugar levels. Inositol, once known as vitamin B8, is actually a carbocyclic sugar.

Methionine is an amino acid that provides liver support. Methionine also helps acidify the cat’s urine to prevent crystal formation.

Taurine is a key amino acid that is essential to include in the feline diet because a cat’s liver doesn’t synthesize enough taurine on its own; taurine is particularly essential for a cat’s heart and eye health.

Probiotics – two of them – are added for gastrointestinal and immune function support. Bacillus coagulans is a spore-forming, very stable beneficial bacterial species, and Saccharomyes boulardii is a beneficial yeast. Both of these beneficial probiotics help maintain a cat’s healthy gut microbiome.

Omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA are added to support a balanced inflammatory response throughout the cat’s body for cardiovascular, neurological, brain, eye, and skin support. Providing preformed essential fatty acids EPA and DHA is especially important for cats because cats don’t synthesize either fatty acid very efficiently from the dietary precursor alpha-linolenic acid (ALA).

Astaxanthin is a carotenoid found naturally in a number of foods. Astaxanthin is what gives salmon, krill, algae, and lobster their familiar pinkish-red color. Astaxanthin is a potent antioxidant for protecting against oxidative damage to cells and for supporting healthy aging.

Per scoop:

Calcium (DimaCal® DiCalcium Malate) – 25mg
Taurine – 25mg
EPA (From Fish Oil Powder) – 8mg
DHA (From Fish Oil Powder) – 5.5mg
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) – 5mg
Potassium (Tripotassium Citrate) – 5mg
d-Alpha Tocopheryl (Vitamin E) (5 IU) – 3mg
Niacin – 2mg
Niacinamide – 2mg
Magnesium (Albion® DiMagnesium Malate) – 1.5mg
Vitamin D3 (50 IU) – 1.25mg
Thiamin (Thiamin HCl) – 1mg
Riboflavin 5’-Phosphate (Vitamin B2) – 1mg
Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5) – 1mg
Pyridoxal 5’-Phosphate (Vitamin B6) – 1mg
Astaxanthin (Haematococcus pluvialis) – 1mg
Inositol – 1mg
Vitamin A Palmitate (500 IU) – 275mcg
Iron (Ferrochel® Ferrous Bisglycinate Chelate) – 250mcg
DL-Methionine – 250mcg
Selenium (L-selenomethionine) – 10mcg
Chromium (as TRAACS® Chromium Nicotinate Glycinate Chelate) – 10mcg
Iodine – 10mcg
Methylcobalamin (Vitamin B12) – 5mcg
Folate (L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate from L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolic Acid, Glucosamine Salt) – 5mcg
Zinc (TRAACS® Zinc Bisglycinate Chelate) – 2.5mcg
Biotin – 2mcg
Bacillus Coagulans – 500 million CFUs
Saccharomyces boulardii – 500 million CFUs

Inactive Ingredients
Beef liver powder
Silicon dioxide